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Smiths Detection Awarded 23M for Chemical Agent Detectors

The U.S. federal government has recently awarded several notable contracts related to the field of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) countermeasures or life science research of interest for potential applications in biodefense.

March 30, 2015
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, and Countermeasures
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New hepatitis C drugs cost government $4.5B

The federal government spent a whopping $4.5 billion on costly new drugs to cure hepatitis C among Medicare patients last year, a steep price that is likely to keep growing, federal records show.

March 30, 2015
| Filed under North America and Biosafety
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Mutating bird flu, powdered alcohol, physical activity and brain damage

March 16, 2015
| Filed under Biosafety and Biotechnology
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Findings of Tulane Biosecurity Breach Investigation

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have completed their joint investigation into how the Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria may have been inadvertently transferred from a secure, select agent laboratory into animals from the breeding colony of Read More »

March 16, 2015
| Filed under Biosafety and Biotechnology
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Remediation of Chemical Agent Contaminated Sites

The Joint Project Manager for Elimination (JPM-E) is evaluating technologies to remediate chemical agent-contaminated soils and debris on site at large chemical weapons burial sites.

March 12, 2015
| Filed under Agents & Toxins and Biosafety
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